A.   The L-1 light industrial zone is a land use classification for a district suitable for manufacturing and processing of a nonnuisance character. The purpose of the L-1 light industrial zone is to encourage the development of manufacturing and wholesale businesses that are clean, quiet, and free of noise, odor, dust and smoke.

   B.   Light industrial uses are the uses of land and buildings for manufacturing, processing, fabrication, assembly, freight handling, or similar operations. In the L-1 zone, all industrial operations shall:

      1.   Be carried on in such a manner and with such precaution against fire and explosive hazards.

      2.   Emit no obnoxious odors of any kind.

      3.   Exhaust no waste or dust created from industrial operation into the air.

      4.   The discharge of all raw sewage and industrial waste shall comply with the standards approved by the city of Plummer.

      5.   Carry on no operation that would produce heat or glare perceptible from any property line of the lot on which the industrial operation is located.

      6.   Not emit harmful radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment at any point other than that of the creator of such disturbance.

      7.   No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining property or lot.

      8.   Use any industrial and exterior lighting in a manner that produces no glare on public highways and neighboring property.

   C.   In the L-1 zone, no building or premises shall be used nor any building or structure be hereafter erected or altered unless otherwise provided in this title, except for one or more of the following uses in accordance with this chapter.

   D.   Maximum height of buildings shall not exceed two (2) stories or thirty feet (30'), except that structures may exceed this height by special use permit.

   E.   All refuse collection containers shall be maintained in a clean manner and shall be within an enclosed fence or area not seen from any public street or parking area.

   F.   Industrial lots adjacent to nonindustrial zoned properties shall have a twenty foot (20') buffer along the abutting nonindustrial zoned property. Buffers shall not be used for the purpose of parking, loading, servicing or other industrial or business activity. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

The minimum allowable lot size is ten thousand (10,000) square feet with a minimum of one hundred feet (100') of continuous frontage on a public street. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   On any parcel of land or lot of whatever size in the L-1 zone a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of the area of the site shall be left in open space free from all structures.

   B.   Open space can be utilized for parking and landscaping as required in this chapter. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

The city council may attach specific conditions to any permitted use in the L-1 light industrial zone for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the intent of this title and the protection of public health and safety.

Animal hospitals and commercial boarding kennels.

Automotive and equipment repair, body or paint shops.

Automotive and truck service and fueling stations with storage of petroleum products not in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) gallons total.

Bottling and distribution plants.

Building equipment, building materials, lumber, sand and gravel yards, and yards for contracting equipment.

Business center.

Cold storage, fruit packing, meat processing and packing, or similar uses.

Commercial laundry and dry cleaning establishments where the major portion of the material is picked up or delivered by the establishment.

Government buildings and offices, public buildings and offices, public utilities installation.

Light manufacturing, processing, packaging, treatment or fabrication of goods and merchandise.

Lumber manufacturing, log processing, timber products manufacturing.

Machine shops and metal products manufacturing when not equipped with heavy punch presses, deep forges, screw machines, or any other equipment which may create vibrations or noise disturbing to adjacent property occupants.

Offices associated with manufacturing or industrial facilities.

Research and testing facilities.

Security office, guard shack.

Stone, marble and granite grinding and cutting.

Storage of materials and machinery.

Storage, sale, or rent of automobiles, trailers, farm implements and equipment and other similar equipment on an open lot.

Temporary building or trailer for construction office and storage purposes not to exceed the duration of such construction.

Transfer, storage and warehouse facilities. All storage shall be indoors or within fenced enclosures.

Transit or trucking terminals, transportation centers.

Wholesale business. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

Asphalt or concrete ready mix plants.

Cemeteries.

Disposal of garbage or waste materials by sanitary landfill or fill and cover methods, or by composting or incineration. Outdoor collection of garbage or waste materials for transfer to a disposal facility.

Operation of a food canning plant, stockyard, slaughterhouse, fat rendering, tannery, glue manufacture, paper manufacture, paint and varnish manufacture, textile sizing, wool securing and cleaning, scouring, bleaching, dyeing, and similar operations.

Outdoor advertising display signs or structures on premises other than those for which the principal use is intended.

Public and parochial schools, general hospitals, sanatoriums, churches, cemeteries, halfway houses and institutions for minor children.

Residential uses.

Stockyards, soap manufacturers, glue manufacturers, tanneries, paper manufacturers, wood scoring, leaching, dyeing and similar uses, varnish manufacture, creosote and related product manufacture.

The extraction, preparation and processing of dust producing mineral product, including, but not limited to, abrasive, cement, fertilizer, plaster, crushed stone, mining, extraction of sand, gravel and/or topsoil.

The manufacture and storage of explosive products, including, but not limited to, dynamite, commercial explosives, TNT, military explosives and fireworks.

The production and processing of coal and coal tar, the processing of petroleum and petroleum products, petroleum refining.

The production of corrosive and noxious chemicals, production of radioactive waste, the manufacture and storage of explosive products.

The smelting and reduction of metallic ores, including, but not limited to, blast furnaces, open hearth, and electric furnaces, bessemer converters, and nonferrous metal smelters.

The use of hammer mills, ball mills, rolling or drop forges in any industrial process, the testing or operation of jet engines. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   All buildings:

 

 

   B.   Yard setback: Additional ten foot (10') buffer bordering nonindustrial zone.

   C.   The following encroachments are permitted:

      1.   Balconies, bay windows, roof overhangs and eaves may encroach up to ten percent (10%) of the depth of the setback.

   D.   All freestanding signs as permitted in this chapter must be set back a minimum of five feet (5') from all property lines. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   All parking lots shall have an all weather surface. Adequate provisions for safe and convenient circulation, ingress, and egress shall be provided.

   B.   Prior to development of any parking area in excess of two (2) spaces a detailed written report shall be submitted containing the following information:

      1.   The proposed use of the land and/or structures.

      2.   Proposed plan for handling any parking or traffic flow problems that may be generated by this use. The proposed use shall not cause congestion of adjacent streets or alleyways.

      3.   Proposed plan for snow storage and removal. Pushing or stockpiling of snow from private property into the public streets, highways, alleyways, or rights of way is prohibited.

      4.   Stormwater drainage for all parking areas, service drives, and approaches.

   C.   Groups of two (2) or more parking spaces shall be served by a service drive so that no backward movement or other maneuvering of a vehicle within a street will be required. Service drives shall be designed and constructed to facilitate the flow of traffic, provide maximum safety for traffic ingress and egress, and provide maximum safety for pedestrian and vehicular traffic on site. In no case shall two-way and one-way driveways be less than twenty feet (20') and twelve feet (12') wide, respectively. All parking areas will have specific points designated as ingress or egress areas.

   D.   Parking facilities as required shall be used for vehicle parking only. No automobile sales or storage, equipment or machinery sales or storage, dead storage, outdoor sales, repair work, or dismantling of any kind shall be permitted within the required parking spaces.

   E.   Parking spaces of commercial, industrial or institutional uses shall be located not more than five hundred feet (500') from the principal user.

   F.   All uses in the L-1 zone shall have a minimum number of parking spaces as described below:

 

 

   G.   Uses not listed above shall have a minimum number of spaces as required by special use permit. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   Loading space as hereinafter set forth shall be provided for all permitted or special uses in the L-1 zone off of public streets and shall not project into the public right of way or setback area.

   B.   On the same premises with every building hereafter erected which is designed to be occupied by any use requiring regular receipt or dispatch of raw materials or merchandise by truck, there shall be provided and maintained at least one loading space, not less than thirty feet (30') in length and ten feet (10') in width, exclusive of access platform and maneuvering area.

   C.   In no case shall the required off street loading area be part of the area used to satisfy the off street parking requirements. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   The purpose of this section is to establish standards for the fabrication, erection, and use of signs, symbols, markings, and advertising devices within the city. These standards are enacted to protect the public health, safety and welfare of persons within the community. They are intended to aid in the development and promotion of business and industry by providing sign regulations which encourage aesthetic creativity, effectiveness and flexibility of the design of such devices without creating detriment to the general public. They are also intended to promote clear views of the natural surroundings by minimizing visual clutter.

   B.   All signs must adhere to the following regulations:

      1.   No signs shall be placed in any public right of way except publicly owned signs.

      2.   No sign imitating or resembling an official traffic or government sign or signal shall be placed on property visible from any public right of way.

      3.   No sign shall be constructed or erected so as to create a traffic hazard.

      4.   No sign shall emit audible sound, odor, smoke, steam, laser or hologram lights.

      5.   It is the obligation of the owner of every sign within the city to maintain the sign in a good state of repair at all times. A sign which, due to structural weakness, design defect, or other reason, constitutes a threat to the health, safety, and welfare of any person or property, must be repaired, replaced or removed within thirty (30) days of notice from the city.

      6.   No lighted sign shall create a public nuisance or utilize an exposed incandescent, metal halide, or fluorescent light bulb.

      7.   Lighting shall be designed, located, shielded, and directed to prevent misdirected or excessive artificial light upon any adjacent public right of way, surrounding property, residential property or in motorists' vision.

      8.   Signs located along Highway 95 shall also conform to Idaho state transportation department regulations.

      9.   The reduction or turning off of sign lighting during nonoperating hours is encouraged.

      10.   All signs shall be constructed in accordance with applicable building and electrical codes.

      11.   Abandoned signs or any sign which identifies or advertises an activity, business, service or event which is no longer produced, conducted, performed or sold on the premises where the sign is located is prohibited and must be removed within thirty (30) days of the use being vacated.

   C.   The following signs are allowed within the L-1 zone in conformance with the size and setback standards set forth:

      1.   Address numbers are required on the face of the building or sign visible from the fronting street right of way for easy identification of the property.

      2.   Hours of operation signs.

      3.   Signs located on private property, not oriented to the general public, and intended to provide information or direction to those using the facility.

      4.   Flags, symbols, or insignias.

      5.   Works of fine art displayed on private property within the setback of a building.

      6.   Memorial signs or tablets, names of buildings and dates of erection, when cut into or attached to the surface or facade of the building.

      7.   Religious symbols and seasonal decorations erected within the appropriate holiday season.

      8.   One freestanding on premises sign no more than thirty feet (30') in height, having a maximum total sign area of one hundred (100) square feet per display area and located not closer than ten feet (10') to any street right of way line and not closer than twenty feet (20') to any adjoining lot line may be erected.

      9.   Monument signs no more than eight feet (8') in height, having a maximum total sign area of sixty four (64) square feet in size.

      10.   Wall mounted, on premises signs may have an area equivalent to one and one-half (11/2) square feet of sign area for each linear foot of building width occupied by such enterprise.

      11.   Signs painted directly on a wall shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the wall area.

      12.   Projecting signs may be placed on any building but shall not extend more than six feet (6') from the surface to which it is attached and shall not project over a public right of way.

      13.   Hanging signs may be placed on a building or underneath an awning or colonnade, but may not project beyond the same. Signs hanging over a public right of way must have at least eight feet (8') ground clearance.

      14.   Nonilluminated directional signs, not exceeding two (2) square feet in size, may be placed at the vehicular entrances to a business set back a minimum of five feet (5') from the street right of way.

      15.   Temporary signs not exceeding one hundred (100) square feet in area announcing the erection of a building, the architect, owner or contractor may be erected for a period of sixty (60) days plus the construction period.

      16.   Real estate signs permitted provided that they are no greater than twelve (12) square feet in size and set back a minimum of ten feet (10') from the right of way line of any street or highway or property line. Real estate signs no larger than six (6) square feet in size can be set at the right of way line. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   Outdoor storage of raw materials, finished products, equipment, etc., shall be within a sight obscuring nonpierced fence or barrier a minimum of six feet (6') in height or equal in height to the stored material, whichever is greater.

   B.   Where sight obscuring fences are required by this title to protect the surrounding property owners, the use requiring the fence shall be the principal party in erecting the fence at the time the use is started and they or future owners shall be the principal party in maintaining the fence in a constant and good state of repair to include painting, etc. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   A minimum of two percent (2%) of the lot shall be landscaped with trees, shrubbery, vines, ground covers, grass, or any combination thereof, all of which should be drought tolerant.

   B.   All landscaped areas shall be maintained in a healthy and thriving condition free of weeds, trash and debris.

   C.   Parking lots with more than twelve (12) parking spaces shall have a minimum of one 15-gallon tree for every six (6) parking spaces. Trees shall be evenly distributed throughout the parking area to provide shade and visual relief.

   D.   Trees planted along a public street shall be done in compliance with Plummer tree ordinance, title 5, chapter 4 of this code, and shall be maintained in a manner to avoid interference with public utilities, sidewalks and streets. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

   A.   Lighting placed upon the building shall be architecturally integrated. Industrial or exterior lighting shall not produce glare on public highways and neighboring property.

   B.   Any interference with any other process, equipment, appliance or devices and any mechanical, electrical or other equipment which could create such interference shall have all necessary shielding or other protection. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)

On property meeting the minimum lot size requirement permit pursuant to chapter 16 of this title:

Auto wrecking and junk yard. The entire premises shall be enclosed within a sight obscuring enclosure constructed parallel to and ten feet (10') back from the right of way of any public street. Automobiles or junk shall not be stored in a manner that exceeds the height of the enclosure. No vehicle, junk or salvage material shall be visible from any other property. Applicants shall include a plan to address pests and mosquitoes, stormwater runoff, and dust with their application.

Business, trade or industrial school.

Correctional facility.

Eating and drinking establishments.

Grain elevators.

Parks and recreational facilities.

Radio, television or FM broadcasting stations which include aerials when made an integral part of the principal building. Communications antennas and towers that are greater than forty five feet (45') in height and tower mounted antennas shall require a statement from a registered professional engineer regarding the structural integrity of the antenna and/or tower.

Recreational vehicle parks.

Recycling centers operated in a manner that limits odor and noise. Applicants shall include a plan to address pests and mosquitoes, stormwater runoff, and dust with their application.

Retail and service establishments within a business center or industrial park.

Storage of petroleum products exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) gallons total for each site will require a special permit. Any and all such storage shall meet National Fire Protection Association standards and state insurance underwriters requirements - state fire marshal.

Truck or bus storage yards, truck terminals.

No use shall be permitted, the nature or manner of operation of which shall be determined by the city council to be unduly hazardous or injurious to other properties in the vicinity or to the general public welfare by reason of the emission of odor, dust, smoke, noise, gas fumes, vapor, vibration, electrical or other disturbance. (Ord. 398, 8-14-2009)